Description
Book Synopsis German poet Friedrich Ruckert''s (1788-1866) youngest children died of scarlet fever, the pandemic of his age. Over a six month period in 1834, he wrote hundreds of laments that were published posthumously in the classic poetry collection Kindertotenlieder.
Here in English for the first time, these evocative modern translations by a fellow bereaved father reveal an honest grappling with grief (The Christian Century). Each poem is accompanied by insights into the bereaved, along with personal anecdotes, historical and cultural information, the latest research on grief, and discussions of literary and biblical allusions.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Foreword by Cornelia Kallisch
- Overture
- Songs on the Death of Children
- Supplemental Poems
- Coda
- Abbreviations
- Translator Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index of First Lines in English and German (from Songs on the Death of Children)
- Index of First Lines and Authors (Not Part of Songs on the Death of Children)
- Index of Bible Verses
- Index
